Sunday to Wednesday.....Busy Days!

Sunday was a beautiful day at the ranch and we were dragging our feet about leaving.

Sherry and Dean had been down working on a culvert in the road on Saturday and they had a flat time on the tractor.

Sunday they were back at it!

They took out the old one and we are looking forward to when we come back and see all the improvements. There's always something going on down there.

We are a tiny bit sad when we close the gate but at least we know we will be back soon!

The drive home was easier on me than the drive down - guess I am improving day by day.

We stopped to pick up hot wings and bread sticks at Little Caesars and settled down to watch the Super Bowl! Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs! We stayed up to see all the after game festivities so it was late when we went to bed.

Still, I woke up about 9:00 and went straight to the kitchen to bake some mini Pistachio Crack Cakes....aka cupcakes. A tin for the staff, one for friends and the green one for Lillian.

Originally, we meant to visit Lillian today (Wednesday) but freezing rain with possible ice and/or snow was in the forecast......so we decided to go on Monday.

I stopped on the way at a Tuesday Morning for another set of drapes for the sewing room. 

These drapes are doing a good job of keeping the cold out and hopefully this summer it will help keep the heat out and the cool AC in!

Then we hit up Walmart to get groceries for Lillian. 

I was pretty sure she was out of cereal, sandwich fixings, snack food, chips and dip and breakfast bars as well as A&W Creme Sodas! I was right.

Once again, we stopped at Little Caesars to pick up a couple of pizzas as it was about 4:30 by this time. We set out the pizzas and cakes in the living room there and had ourselves a little party.

Louis Dean was our entertainer!

And Lillian was hanging on his every note!

It broke my heart last week when I was talking to Lillian on the phone and she said, "I was afraid you would forget all about me."  I think she really knows better than that!

It was a good evening and everyone was all smiles when we left!

It was nearly 9:00 when we got up and I came in and went right to bed!

Tuesday morning I got up at 8:30 since I had to be at out patient physical therapy at 11:00.

It went well. My therapist said I was doing really well and only 8 degrees from having a straight knee. He gave me a print out of exercises to do and I go back next week at which time I may very well be released.

I met my sister Luann for lunch at PJ's Cafe and we had a nice visit!

Since it was Tuesday - we went thrifting together!!

We shopped Irving Thrift and Goodwill - both on Beltline Road - and I hit the jack pot!

I could NOT resist these Portmeirion Pottery Birds of Britain pieces!

They were at bargain prices.....the most expensive was $6.99 and the least expensive $1.98.

Then I had the 30% senior discount making it even more of a bargain!

I never pass up nice poinsettias since I use so many of them at Christmas.

Or nice fall garland! I got two really pretty ones for $1.98 each less the discount!

Then there was all this!

I LOVE that pumpkin pillow and am keeping it out just because I want to!

Same with the green fabric pumpkin.

The other two pillows are for the front porch bench.

Louis Dean asked for a small coffee pot and I got him one!

I have no idea what I will do with that wire basket but I will think of something.

Now that CHAIR! I do love that chair!!!

Distressed just like I would have done with it.

$19 less 30% and she now lives in the sewing room with that pumpkin pillow sitting on it!

I was gone from 11:00 to 4:00 Tuesday and I came home happy but exhausted  and went straight to bed where I stayed until 7:00. Louis Dean and I stayed up to hear President Trump give the State of the Union Address and so it was nearly midnight by the time we went to bed.

This morning (Wednesday) we woke up to cold freezing rain but no ice or snow

Since I had three busy days in a row - I decided to camp out in the den and keep the fireplace burning.

It was a good day to watch a good movie and this certainly was one!

I rested most of the day and stayed in my gray flannel sleep shirt and warm robe,  a pair of Louis Dean's black socks and snug booties. I did my exercises and got up from time to time to putter about the den dusting and putting things to rights.

I displayed my new dishes on a shelf in the den book case and stored away all the photo albums that were there in the two trunks out there. I should put a note in my diary and kitchen planner reminding me where I put all those old photos!

The Santa wall is still up but I will get to it sooner or later.

This is the cleanest the den has been since Christmas!!

Now it's nearly 10:00 so I am going to take a hot shower and put on a clean flannel nightgown.

Then I think a warm bed sounds like the perfect ending to this day.